Comets Rewind - Mar 17, 2014

The Utica Comets (27-27-3-4) were in Abbotsford this past weekend where they split a pair of games with the Heat. With just 15 games remaining, the Comets need to make up eight points to find themselves in a playoff spot.

Weekly Results

Friday, March 14: Abbotsford Heat 3 – Utica Comets 1

-Alexandre Grenier (16) scored the lone-goal for the Comets in his first game back from injury, but it was too little, too late as the Comets dropped a 3-1 decision, snapping their four-game winning streak.

-DeFazio led the shot department for the second straight game with five on the night.

-Tommernes led all skaters with a plus-3 rating.

-Final Shots: Heat 39 – Comets 34

Comet of the Week

After one of his worst performances of the season last Saturday night, Joacim Erksson rebounded with two solid starts on consecutive nights in Abbotsford. On Friday, Eriksson turned aside 33-of-35 shots fired his way in a 3-1 loss (empty-netter), before turning in a 38-save performance in Saturday’s 3-1 win. The product of Gavle, Sweden had a .960 save-percentage over the weekend, improving his season average to .916 to go along with his 2.52 goals-against average and four shutouts, which has him tied for second spot in the AHL.

Coming Up…

The Comets kick-off their first of three straight three-game in three-night weekends as they host the Adirondack Phantoms (24-32-1-4) on Friday before hitting the road for a Saturday night test against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (34-20-3-5). Utica finishes off the weekend with a home game against the Milwaukee Admirals (29-20-6-6) on Sunday.